Apple has great claims about an ability to make drawings in the Notes App. It is alleged that there is a drawing icon on the bottom right of the screen. My ipad with IOS 9.1 has no such icon. What is the trick?
iPad, iOS 9.1
Do you see a circled "+" in the lower right? Click it if you see it to reveal the drawing icon.
Have you chosen to upgrade your Notes from iOS 8? You cannot see the new features until you upgrade.
I believe if you have an older iPad model (iPad Air 1 or earlier and 1st generation iPad Mini, those iPad models WILL NOT get the drawing functionality.
My iPad 3 has the new Notes app and NO drawing capability.
Older iPad users lose, again...
Why Apple couldn't implement the drawing functionality in the updated Notes app is beyond me.
I have third party note apps that you can draw in. What couldn't Apple do to give this drawing functionality across the board for all iDevice users that can still support iOS 9?
From this article:
Upgrade your notes with iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan - Apple Support
The new sketching feature in Notes is only available on iPhone 5 and later, iPad (4th generation), all iPad Air models, iPad mini 2 and later, and iPod touch (6th generation).
I was close enough.
Again, I have third party notes apps that include drawing capabilities.
Why did Apple have to limit the drawing functionality of their new Notes app to certain models when third party developers can include fundamental drawing tools functionality across all iDevices and, usually, with a minimum iOS version?
What did Apple do differently to not be able include this simple functionality, in the Notes app, across ALL iOS 9 supported devices?
This is a puzzlement for me when third party developers can do something Apple, apparently, can't?
I have both iPhone 6 Plus & iPad Air 2.
Using iOS 9.1
I don't have the drawing function either.
ANyone with similar experience & found a solution ?
hpwong wrote:
ANyone with similar experience & found a solution ?
Of course.
You have to upgrade your Notes as described in the article I attached above.
That is not correct. I have an iPad Pro with 9.2 OS and have not found such an icon on my "Notes" as well.
How do I use the drawing function in notes?
